True History of the Kelly Gang

2019

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 80% · 166 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 14342 14.3K

based on novel or book biography 19th century australian bush bushranger ned kelly

Director

Justin Kurzel Photo
Justin Kurzel

Top cast

Jacob Collins-Levy Photo
Jacob Collins-Levy as Thomas Curnow
Charlie Hunnam Photo
Charlie Hunnam as Sergeant O'Neil
Nicholas Hoult Photo
Nicholas Hoult as Constable Fitzpatrick
Russell Crowe Photo
Russell Crowe as Harry Power
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1.12 GB
1280*672
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24 fps
2 hr 5 min
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English 5.1
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2 hr 5 min
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1280*704
English 2.0
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2 hr 4 min
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1920*1056
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ryko25 6 / 10

Starts well but drifts into nonsense

As many other reviewers have said, the first half of this film is engaging, well-acted and seems to be a fairly realistic depiction of the hardships of 1850s settlers in Australia. The second half, however, is a mess - it seems as if the scriptwriters had difficulty deciding if they should keep true to the know facts of Ned Kelly, keep true to Peter Carey's brilliant novel, or try to do something surreal, wild and original. This quandary results in none of those three approaches being done well and, by the end, it feels as if even the director has given up on it. A real pity - the split between good film to bad film can be drawn pretty much when the actor playing young Ned - Orlando Schwerdt - is replaced by the actor playing older Ned - George Mackay. This is not Mackay's fault, it is just that only then does the film come off the rails in terms of being a believable depiction of mid-Victorian Australia (e.g. Respectable folk watching what looks like UFC in a drawing room). A pity and a waste.
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Reviewed by tang73 7 / 10

Great movie, no one said it was a historical documentary.

The title of the movie takes itself entirely tongue in cheek. This movie is to Ned Kelly like what "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is to the Manson story. Its someone's entirely dreamed up take on the subject (the book it is based on, was classified as fiction). And that is perfectly fine. Entertaining, good acting, good scenery, does slide a little in the second half. The "C word" is an Aussie staple, so expect it!

I do agree with other comments about Ned needing a beard - it was his second best known trait!

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